MMC and RI launches helpline for Covid survivors
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Mysuru: The department of Psychiatry, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC and RI) has started helpline for Covid survivors.
This follows the orders of Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhoori. To enable the patients who have successfully recovered from the pandemic, the department has opened a helpline.
The helpline includes a mental health team consisting of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and psychiatry social workers whose focus is to provide counselling for the COVID survivors and to understand their health conditions after the recovery.
The helpline began on October 23 and since then the helpline has so far attended to over 100 survivors.
Dr Raveesh B N ( in picture above), Professor and Head, Dept of Psychiatry told Mysoorunews.com “We submit a report at the end of the day to Dr C P Nanjaraj, Dean and Director, MMC and RI. The helpline has helped us to understand the post conditions of the COVID patients and further side effects if any. It is important for patients especially ones with diabetes, BP and cardiac problems to have regular check ups to avoid reinfection”.
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